Hippocamps?

Hey all, I'd love to see your best ancient seahorses. Share em if you got em!

 

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GALLIENUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
REVERSE: NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp or Capricorn right, N below
Struck at Rome, Sole Reign, 267-268 AD
2.2g, 17mm
RIC 245

GALLIENUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
REVERSE: NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp or Capricorn right, N below
Struck at Rome, Sole Reign, 267-268 AD
3.9g, 20mm
RIC 245

 

Sicily - Syracuse
Dionysios I, r. 405-367 B.C.; AE Trias, 17.99 mm x 7.9 grams
Obv.: ΣΥΡΑ. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian Helmet
Rev.: Hippocamp left

 

Mine's the same as FitzNigel's, except I got two dolphins on Athena side and an extra .01mm = 18mm. (come on FitzNigel round it up) just joking

 

Fitnigels says that it was prolly a sandy environment. They have to be to different mints though?

 

I'm a stickler for accuracy... except my scale is only accurate 1/10 and not 1/100... (time for an upgrade I guess...)

 

Took me years to find one I liked and could afford

 

Hippocamps... oh yeah, I've got a few of those .


ROMAN REPUBLIC, Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus. 69 BCE. AR serrate denarius. Hippocamp biga


SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysius I. 400-335 BCE. Athena/hippocamp. A pristine hippocamp


PHOENICIA, Byblos. Uzibaal. 350-335 BCE. AR dishekel


PHOENICIA, Berytos. 1st century BCE. Æ19.5, 5.9 gm. Hippocamp quadriga!


Sicily, Syracuse. AE 13, c. 425 BCE. Arethusa(?)/hippocamp & octopus



THESSALY, Larissa Kremaste. AE trichakon; Achilles/Thetis seated on hippocamp

 

Here is a tiny coin I haven't been able to attribute:

Uncertain Asia Minor. 1.0g 10.5mm
Obv: Winged hippocamp, forelegs raised, facing right.
Rev: smiling gorgoneion, tongue protruding, ears as dots, within circle of dots within incuse circle.

A similar coin was sold in a Helios auction as unique and unpublished with a possible Lycian attribution.

The seahorse or hippocamp is an unusual type on Greek coins. We see it on coins of Taras in Italy and on Phoenician coins. We also see it on bronzes of Sicily. I’m tempted to consider Arados, a city known to have used gorgoneions and hippocamps (never in the same period), or to follow the Helios catalogers and place the issue in Lycia.

 

Here are a couple of Phoenician Shekels................OK I'm ready for a lot of flak for the plastic coffins but I can assure you, they were 'dead' long before I acquired them

What amazes me is how they survived in such pristine condition for almost 2,500 years

 

Just picked this one up the other week. Sicily, Syracuse Dyonysios I AE Litra. 390-375 BC. Size: 18mm, Weight: 6.06g

 

I'm learning more and more by clicking on the threads here. What a coin! I browse vcoins and ebay all the time, and had never come across such a thing of beauty! Unfortunately a nice one like yours is going to break the bank. Sigh...

 

Thanks @wrappendinsky.

Unfortunately, the second coin had many other 'admirers' and ended up costing me almost twice as much as the first one

But I feel it was worth it. Haven't seen a similar piece in years (not meaning to blow my own trumpet, but I do enjoy owning that one).

 

WOW!! I love the visualness and layout of the quadriga, and that hippocamp & octopus one is great!!

 

Very nice, with great detail. And welcome to Coin Talk.

 

that is really interesting... it's all about the look in hand, maybe

 

Thanks!

 

Great Hippocamps everyone!

Welcome to coin talk JB!

 

Only a small hippocamp but he is there under the Gryphon...

L Papius Denarius Serratus

Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, Dolphin wrapped around anchor.
Rev:– Gryphon running right; in ex., L. PAPI.; in field, Hippocamp
Minted in Rome from . B.C. 79.
Reference(s) – RSC Papia 1. RRC 384/1. RCTV 311.
Symbol variety – RRC -. Babelon -. BMCRR -.

A previously unknown symbol pair and the only known example.

 

The cracks around the edges look like they were planned, beautiful!